Opera in the Park Madison WI 2021 Majeski Thelwell Stenson Ketelsen

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Opera in the Park  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Garner Park, Madison, Wisconsin  
• Recorded: July 24, 2021
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Amanda Majeski, Rehanna Thelwell, Andrew Stenson, Kyle Ketelsen
• Conductor: Stephanie Rhodes Russell  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: MadisonOpera  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

The Star-Spangled Banner
Madamina, il Catalogo è Questo | Don Giovanni (Mozart; 1787)
Leporello, servant to Don Giovanni, describes his extensive list of the Don’s conquests,
detailing them by country, type, and class.
Mr. Ketelsen
Mi Tradì Quell’alma Ingrata | Don Giovanni (Mozart; 1787)
Donna Elvira expresses her fury at Don Giovanni’s betrayal, but also her pity for him.
Ms. Majeski
Je Crois Entendre Encore | The Pearl Fishers (Bizet; 1863)
The fisherman Nadir recalls the beautiful voice and face of a woman he once pursued.
Mr. Stenson
Where Corals Lie | Sea Pictures (Elgar; 1899)
The song is a setting of a poem by Richard Garnett.
Ms. Thelwell
Octet in F Major, 3rd Movement | Franz Schubert; 1824
Suzanne Beia, Xavier Pleindoux, Christopher Dozoryst,
Karl Lavine, David Scholl, JJ Koh, Cynthia Cameron, Linda Kimball
Madamina, il Catalogo è Questo | Don Giovanni (Mozart; 1787)
Leporello, servant to Don Giovanni, describes his extensive list of the Don’s conquests,
detailing them by country, type, and class.
Mr. Ketelsen
Mi Tradì Quell’alma Ingrata | Don Giovanni (Mozart; 1787)
Donna Elvira expresses her fury at Don Giovanni’s betrayal, but also her pity for him.
Ms. Majeski
Je Crois Entendre Encore | The Pearl Fishers (Bizet; 1863)
The fisherman Nadir recalls the beautiful voice and face of a woman he once pursued.
Mr. Stenson
Where Corals Lie | Sea Pictures (Elgar; 1899)
The song is a setting of a poem by Richard Garnett.
Ms. Thelwell
Firenze è Come un Abero Fiorito | Gianni Schicchi (Puccini; 1918)
To persuade his family to let Gianni Schicchi help them out, Rinuccio describes the glories
of their native Florence, saying it should welcome newcomers like Schicchi.
Mr. Stenson
O Mio Babbino Caro | Gianni Schicchi (Puccini; 1918)
Lauretta pleads with her father to help Rinuccio’s family so she can marry him, saying she
will throw herself off a bridge otherwise.
Ms. Majeski
Vous Qui Faites l’Endormie | Faust (Gounod; 1859)
Mephistopheles sings a mocking serenade outside Marguerite’s home, alluding to her
seduction by Faust.
Mr. Ketelsen
Nuit Paisible et Sereine | Beatrice & Benedict (Berlioz; 1862)
On the evening before Hero’s wedding, she and her companion Ursula reflect on the
beautiful night.
Ms. Majeski, Ms. Thelwell
Obbligato, ah, Sì, Obbligato! | The Elixir of Love (Donizetti; 1832)
Desperate to make Adina fall in love with him, Nemorino buys a magical elixir from Dr.
Dulcamara and thanks him profusely. Dulcamara provides instructions on how to drink
the elixir and makes asides about the young man’s naïveté.

– INTERMISSION –
Song to the Moon | Rusalka (Dvořák; 1901)
The water nymph Rusalka has fallen in love with a human prince and asks the moon to
tell her love that she is thinking of him.
Ms. Majeski
Schweig! Schweig! | Der Freischütz (von Weber; 1821)
Kaspar has persuaded the hunter Max to meet him at midnight to forge magic bullets.
Alone, he gloats that Max will soon be bound to the devil, and his revenge will be assured.
Mr. Ketelsen
For You There is No Song | Five Millay Songs (Adams; 1960)
The song is a setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Ms. Thelwell
Wenn der Freude Tränen Fließen | The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart; 1782)
Waiting in the moonlight to rescue his beloved Konstanze, Belmonte sings of the joys of
love.
Mr. Stenson
One Alone | The Desert Song (Romberg; 1926)
The Red Shadow, a Frenchman who disguises himself to lead Moroccan freedom fighters,
tells his colleagues his philosophy of love.
Mr. Ketelsen
When You’re Good to Mama | Chicago (Kander; 1975)
Matron Morton of the Cook County Jail explains how the system of reciprocity works.
Ms. Thelwell
I Got Rhythm | Girl Crazy (Gershwin; 1930)
Café singer Kate Fothergill entertains the crowd at an Arizona saloon.
Ms. Majeski
No One is Alone | Into the Woods (Sondheim; 1987)
After tragedy in the woods, fairy-tale characters reassure each other that everyone in the
world is connected.
Ms. Thelwell
It’s a Grand Night for Singing | State Fair (Rodgers; 1945)
At the Iowa State Fair, newly-met couples enjoy the evening dance.
Tutti
Repertoire subject to change.

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